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File Conversion Problem

Steve Matzura
 

I need to convert an M4A to something else--anything--WAV, MP3, OGG, something I can play and manipulate in, say, Reaper. I thought Sound Forge could do it, but not without installing the QuickTime plugin. If I have to, I'll do that, but is it cool to do so? Does anything break by doing that?


TIA
Steve Jacobson
 

Steve,

I installed the QuickTime player to do the same thing with Sound Forge 14 and have not had any problems. When I did that, the website made it sound as though there was a charge, but there was no charge. Although I didn't have any problems, I read somewhere, probably here, that there was another alternative, but this approach worked fine for me.

Best regards,

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: all-audio@groups.io <all-audio@groups.io> On Behalf Of Steve Matzura
Sent: Friday, August 6, 2021 2:45 PM
To: All Audio <all-audio@groups.io>
Subject: [all-audio] File Conversion Problem

I need to convert an M4A to something else--anything--WAV, MP3, OGG,
something I can play and manipulate in, say, Reaper. I thought Sound
Forge could do it, but not without installing the QuickTime plugin. If I
have to, I'll do that, but is it cool to do so? Does anything break by
doing that?


TIA
Steve Matzura
 

Thanks, Steve. I might as well just do it then. I don't have the occasion to convert M4A's often, but it's the kind of thing that, when you need it, you gotta have it, and today was one of those times. Before I saw your reply to my post, I did the conversion the stupid way, by playing it in from another machine and capturing it with SF. For what the file contained, and for what purpose that contents will be used--someone reading a magazine article which will be played in a Zoom conference, it was perfectly adequate. I'm on my way to go get this plug and install it.


Thanks again.

On 8/6/2021 3:54 PM, Steve Jacobson wrote:
Steve,

I installed the QuickTime player to do the same thing with Sound Forge 14 and have not had any problems. When I did that, the website made it sound as though there was a charge, but there was no charge. Although I didn't have any problems, I read somewhere, probably here, that there was another alternative, but this approach worked fine for me.

Best regards,

Steve


-----Original Message-----
From: all-audio@groups.io <all-audio@groups.io> On Behalf Of Steve Matzura
Sent: Friday, August 6, 2021 2:45 PM
To: All Audio <all-audio@groups.io>
Subject: [all-audio] File Conversion Problem

I need to convert an M4A to something else--anything--WAV, MP3, OGG,
something I can play and manipulate in, say, Reaper. I thought Sound
Forge could do it, but not without installing the QuickTime plugin. If I
have to, I'll do that, but is it cool to do so? Does anything break by
doing that?


TIA
Rea Lists
 

On Fri, Aug 6, 2021 at 12:45 PM, Steve Matzura wrote:


I need to convert an M4A to something else--anything--WAV, MP3, OGG,
something I can play and manipulate in, say, Reaper. I thought Sound
Forge could do it, but not without installing the QuickTime plugin. If I
have to, I'll do that, but is it cool to do so? Does anything break by
doing that?


TIA

Steve, I hope I am replying to you propperly but I am using the web interface for Groups IO.

I use the recommended Quictime plugin with SF 11 with no problems, except loading of files can be slow at times, paurticularly if higher bit rates are used in their creation.(Seems Quicktime is no longer supported but is downloadable.)

I hear Goldwave in its demo mode can handle m4a files so that's another option.

Finally, I use Switch File converter which works very well but has to be paid for to do much seriously with it, but I use it a heck of a lot in processing a talking newspaper here in the UK.

Native conversion of m4a files is one reason I asked if its worth upgrading to SF 15 so any comments welcome on that one as well as its general accessability.

Ray.
JOHN RIEHL
 

Goldwave handles these conversions very simply. Just open the file with Goldwave and save it using Save as and the Mp3 format

-----Original Message-----
From: all-audio@groups.io <all-audio@groups.io> On Behalf Of Rea Lists
Sent: Saturday, August 7, 2021 9:48 AM
To: all-audio@groups.io
Subject: Re: [all-audio] File Conversion Problem

On Fri, Aug 6, 2021 at 12:45 PM, Steve Matzura wrote:


I need to convert an M4A to something else--anything--WAV, MP3, OGG,
something I can play and manipulate in, say, Reaper. I thought Sound
Forge could do it, but not without installing the QuickTime plugin. If I
have to, I'll do that, but is it cool to do so? Does anything break by
doing that?


TIA

Steve, I hope I am replying to you propperly but I am using the web interface for Groups IO.

I use the recommended Quictime plugin with SF 11 with no problems, except loading of files can be slow at times, paurticularly if higher bit rates are used in their creation.(Seems Quicktime is no longer supported but is downloadable.)

I hear Goldwave in its demo mode can handle m4a files so that's another option.

Finally, I use Switch File converter which works very well but has to be paid for to do much seriously with it, but I use it a heck of a lot in processing a talking newspaper here in the UK.

Native conversion of m4a files is one reason I asked if its worth upgrading to SF 15 so any comments welcome on that one as well as its general accessability.

Ray.
Steve Matzura
 

Hey, I never thought about GW. Thanks for that one.

On 8/7/2021 9:47 AM, Rea Lists wrote:
On Fri, Aug 6, 2021 at 12:45 PM, Steve Matzura wrote:

I need to convert an M4A to something else--anything--WAV, MP3, OGG,
something I can play and manipulate in, say, Reaper. I thought Sound
Forge could do it, but not without installing the QuickTime plugin. If I
have to, I'll do that, but is it cool to do so? Does anything break by
doing that?


TIA

Steve, I hope I am replying to you propperly but I am using the web interface for Groups IO.

I use the recommended Quictime plugin with SF 11 with no problems, except loading of files can be slow at times, paurticularly if higher bit rates are used in their creation.(Seems Quicktime is no longer supported but is downloadable.)

I hear Goldwave in its demo mode can handle m4a files so that's another option.

Finally, I use Switch File converter which works very well but has to be paid for to do much seriously with it, but I use it a heck of a lot in processing a talking newspaper here in the UK.

Native conversion of m4a files is one reason I asked if its worth upgrading to SF 15 so any comments welcome on that one as well as its general accessability.

Ray.

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